Evolvable hardware (EHW) is a technique introduced to automatically design circuits where the circuit configuration is carried out by evolutionary algorithms. This paper shows that the evolutionary approach can discover the concept and learning behavior of the control systems. The system tested is a nonlinear pendulum. Experiments with different processes indicate that the gains obtained with e...

Evolvable hardware combines the powerful search capability of evolutionary algorithms with the flexibility of reprogrammable devices, thereby providing a natural framework for reconfiguration. This framework has generated an interest in using evolvable hardware for fault-tolerant systems because reconfiguration can effectively deal with hardware faults whenever it is impossible to provide spare...

Evolvable hardware distinguishes itself from conventional hardware by its ability to adapt to its environment, and change its structure to perform better on a given task. The principle of adaptation is based on evolution, and has great potential to be used widely in the future, in many areas. This paper discusses the progression in the field of evolvable hardware. It covers the current state of...

The paper surveys the fundamental principles of evolvable hardware, introduces main problems of the field and briefly describes the most successful applications. Although evolvable hardware is typically interpreted from the point of view of electrical engineering, the paper discusses the implications of evolvable hardware for the theory of computation. In particular, it is shown that it is not ...

The paper tries to establish the uniform design concept for evolvable hardware based applications. Evolvable circuit is understood as a system component with ability to evolve. As demo example, a component "evolvable pixel predictor" is presented.

This paper deals with the implementation of the evolvable hardware by FPGA devices. The present work examines the dependence of particular aspects of the genetic algorithm for the evolvable hardware domain usage. Practical implementation of this algorithm by the FPGA circuit is researched as well. In the paper, two practical examples of evolvable circuits are shown – the combinational logic cir...